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Old 03-01-2007
Reason for EXPORT in .profile,env,etc

Hi all,

I have seen it in all the .profile files and env file this

PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.

PHP Code:
export PATH 
What exactly does this Export path does??

Thanks
SUmeet
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Old 03-01-2007
export makes the variable an environment variable. The process that exports and all it's children can see the variable.
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